Carolinas Medical Center

This article is about the hospital in the Dilworth neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina. For the parent organization, see Atrium Health.

Hospital in North Carolina, United States

Carolinas Medical Center

Atrium Health

Aerial photo of Carolinas Medical Center in 2012

Geography
Location| 1000 Blythe Blvd, Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
Coordinates| 35°12′14″N 80°50′21″W﻿ / ﻿35.2040°N 80.8391°W﻿ / 35.2040; -80.8391
Organization
Care system| Public, Medicaid, Medicare
Type| General and specialized
Affiliated university| Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Network| Atrium Health
Services
Emergency department| Level I trauma center
Beds| 874
Helipad| FAA LID: 34NC
History
Opened| 1940
Links
Website| https://atriumhealth.org/locations/detail/carolinas-medical-center
Lists| Hospitals in North Carolina

Carolinas Medical Center, formally known as Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center,[1] is an 874-bed non-profit, tertiary, research and academic medical center located in Charlotte, North Carolina, servicing the southern North Carolina, northern South Carolina, and the Metrolina region. Carolinas Medical Center is one of the region's only academic university-level teaching centers. The hospital is the flagship hospital of Atrium Health. Carolinas Medical Center is affiliated with the Wake Forest School of Medicine. Carolinas Medical Center is also an ACS designated level I trauma center and has a heliport to handle medevac patients. Attached to the medical center is the Levine Children's Hospital, treating infants, children, adolescents, and young adults.

## History

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The hospital was organized in 1940 as Charlotte Memorial Hospital on Blythe Boulevard in the Dilworth neighborhood. Since that time, the hospital has undergone several major expansions, bringing the licensed bed capacity to 874 beds.

In May 1970, the organ Transplant program began with the first cadaveric kidney transplant performed by Dr. Don Mullen and Dr. Dale Ensor. This was one of the first transplants in the USA done outside a medical school setting. A year later, Mullen and Ensor performed the first living related transplant.[2][full citation needed]

Dr. Francis Robicsek performed the first heart transplant at Carolinas Medical Center in 1986.[3]

In 2007, the multistory Levine Children's Hospital was completed and opened, making it the second largest children's hospital in the Southeastern United States, after Washington, D.C.

In 2010, the University of North Carolina School of Medicine established the Charlotte Campus of the UNC School of Medicine at Carolinas Medical Center.[4] Students from UNC School of Medicine had been completing clinical rotations at Carolinas Medical Center for over 40 years prior.

On July 28, 2011, Becker's Hospital Review listed Carolinas Medical Center under 60 Hospitals with Great Orthopedic Programs.[5]

In October 2020, Wake Forest School of Medicine and Atrium Health began an agreement to make Carolinas Medical Center one of its flagship teaching hospitals along with the creation of a Charlotte campus of its medical school.[6]

In July 2023, Carolinas Medical Center broke ground on a nearly $900 million, 1.1 million square foot expansion that includes an emergency center and 484 new patient rooms, 38 operating rooms, and 16 procedure rooms to be completed in 2027. [7]

Today, Carolinas Medical Center is the region's only Level 1 Trauma Center and part of Atrium Health, one of the largest public not-for-profit healthcare systems in the United States.

## References

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1. ^ "Carolinas Medical Center (CMC) | Charlotte NC Hospital". Atrium Health. Retrieved June 4, 2024.
2. ^ Charlotte Observer, May 5, 1970
3. ^ "Across the Region". February 7, 2009. Retrieved May 20, 2021.
4. ^ "The Charlotte Campus — Charlotte Program". UNC School of Medicine. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015.
5. ^ Dyrda, Laura (July 28, 2011). "60 Hospitals With Great Orthopedic Programs". Becker's Hospital Review.
6. ^ Engel-Smith, Liora (October 12, 2020). "Atrium combines with Wake Forest Baptist and its medical school". NC Health News. Retrieved October 10, 2022.
7. ^ Elsberry, Audrey (July 12, 2023). "Atrium Health breaks ground on $900 million tower in midtown. What you need to know". Charlotte Observer. Retrieved August 21, 2023.

## External links

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* Carolinas Medical Center
* Original Charlotte Memorial Hospital in 1940
* Charlotte Memorial Hospital in 1972

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North Carolina trauma centers

List of hospitals in North Carolina

Level I|

* Carolinas Medical Center*
* Duke University Hospital*
* UNC Medical Center*#
* ECU Health Medical Center*
* Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center*#
* WakeMed Raleigh*

Level II|

* Mission Hospital
* Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital*
* Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center*
* Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center*

Level III|

* Atrium Health Cabarrus
* Atrium Health Cleveland
* Cape Fear Valley Medical Center
* CaroMont Regional Medical Center
* Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune*
* WakeMed Cary
* Womack Army Medical Center*

Pediatric Level 1|

* Brenner Children's Hospital*
* Levine Children's Hospital*
* Maynard Children's Hospital*
* UNC Children's Hospital*

References: North Carolina Designated Trauma Centers
* - Verified by the American College of Surgeons
# - Verified by the American Burn Association

Authority control databases

International|

* ISNI
* VIAF

National|

* United States

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